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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 19, 2020
InvenTrust hires Florida leasing rep

Midwest REIT owns 10 retail centers in the Sunshine State, including in St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Port Charlotte

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 26, 2019
Dallas partners buy Fort Myers industrial land

A Dallas-based partnership has acquired a 100-acre tract zoned for industrial development for what will likely be a major new business park in Fort Myers

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2019
St. Pete tech firm makes French connection

Marxent, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based tech firm that creates interactive virtual-reality displays for home furnishing retailers like Macy’s, has found a strategic partner in Europe.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 28, 2019
Richman Group to develop Naples multifamily project

Richman Group, the nation's seventh-largest apartment developer, has acquired land in Naples known as Magnolia Pond to develop up to 434 apartments in a deal brokered by SVN Lotus and SVN KONA.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2019
WellCare boss aces performance review

Employees at Tampa, Florida-based WellCare Health Plans Inc. seem to like their CEO, even when they have the chance to anonymously share their thoughts about him.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 23, 2022
Number of Zillow job cuts in Tampa grows — again

Zillow adds more people to its list of layoffs in state filing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2022
Naples soap business opens another store — its biggest yet

Naples Soap Co. taps into Orlando market.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 2, 2022
Investors with ties to Sarasota law firm buy Fort Myers office building for $9.4 million

Bling Bling and CheapChard buy more than 45,000-square-foot building that's 97% leased.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 24, 2022
Layoffs hit home health care provider in Tampa and surrounding area; nearly 700 lose jobs

Bayada Home Health Care is closing its Florida facilities and will cut 682 jobs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 12, 2018
Banyan Street to buy Tampa City Center?

Banyan Street Capital is poised to acquire the 39-story Tampa City Center skyscraper, which would be the largest transaction in Tampa's downtown in the past three years

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 15, 2018
Manufacturer moves headquarters to area, adds 80 workers to staff

S.S. White Technologies, a maker of flexible shafts for aircraft, automobiles and medical devices, has relocated from Piscataway, N.J., to a 90,000-square-foot facility in Seminole, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 11, 2019
Dilweg Cos. selling Sarasota City Center office building

The Dilweg Cos., which acquired the 13-story Sarasota City Center office building in downtown Sarasota in April 2017 and subsequently invested about $5 million to upgrade the property, is listing it for sale. The Durham, N.C.-based company is seeking abou

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2019
Husband and wife sentenced in loan scam

The state Office of Financial Regulation says the couple collected fees in advance of promised loan closings, an illegal activity.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 1, 2019
Tampa company adds to net lease portfolio

Generation Income Properties has nearly doubled the value of its net-lease portfolio with the purchase of a pair of office buildings in Virginia for $19 million

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Gail E. Farb, Attorney, Williams Parker |
  • November 1, 2019
Employers: New Overtime Rules for New Year

Employers: New Overtime Rules for New Year

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2019
Texas firm sells area business park for $9 million

Bryan Flores of SVN|KOVA Naples facilitated  the sale of the Alico Business Center in 45 days.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2019
Retailer, college form valuable partnership

Fort Myers-based retailer Chico’s FAS, through a partnership with Florida Gulf Coast University, recently worked on a bevy of projects with some 50 students, from blogs to software to recruiting

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 22, 2018
Gartner begins major Fort Myers expansion

Business consultant Gartner is expanding into three additional buildings in Fort Myers as job growth within the company continues

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2018
Hacker breaches area restaurant chain

Tampa-based fast-casual restaurant chain PDQ was hit by a cyber-attack that occurred over an 11-month period and involved the theft of customers' credit card info.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2018
Tech talent search gets under way in Tampa Bay

ETL Tampa Bay is a new group dedicated to grooming and promoting the leaders of the tech industry in Tampa, Florida.

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